App Store Update: October 18

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Sonic jumps into the App Store once again, the most authentic skateboarding game ever made arrives, The Walking Dead's third episode is live and much, much more.

By Lucas M. Thomas

Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention.

Game Debuts

Sonic Jump – ($1.99)

The heroic hedgehog normally known for his blazing land speed is taking to the sky instead in Sega's Sonic Jump, a new iOS remake of a 2007 mobile release.

True Skate – ($1.99)

Now this one's something special, folks – True Skate is billed as the most authentic skateboarding game ever, and that's not just hype. Your fingers become your feet on the touch screen as you ollie and kick-flip around a virtual skatepark with incredible precision. You've got to give it a look:

The Walking Dead: Episode 3 – Long Road Ahead – ($4.99)

The iOS version of Telltale's episodic Walking Dead adventure has been updated, and Episode 3 is now available as an in-app purchase. As usual, don't spoil yourself if you haven't yet finished the first two Episodes:

Twist Pilot – ($0.99)

Zynga's borrowing a game design from Nintendo this time around, copying their Kuru Kuru Kururin series – the mostly Japan-only franchise from the Big N that puts you in control of a constantly rotating stick and asks you to guide it through a maze.

Drawn: Trail of Shadows Collector's Edition HD – ($4.99)

Wait, how can a digital download be a Collector's Edition? That's weird. Anyway, we've recommended the previous two "Drawn" titles several times in this column, and today the third installment in the visually stunning series has launched. Try it out for free, then decide whether or not to buy the full unlock for $4.99.

Save Them All – ($0.99)

There's a typo in the first 10 seconds and the art looks a little rough, but Save Them All's premise of rushing to rescue all of humanity just 24 hours before an impending apocalypse is an interesting hook for an auto-runner. Check it out:

A Wonderland Story – ($0.99)

Alice is the enemy in this new take on Lewis Carroll's classic Alice in Wonderland story, as you take control of the White Rabbit and manipulate the environment around you to make sure you're not late for your very important appointment.

Zombie Rollers – ($0.99)

Zombies have been tossed into every other type of game imaginable, so why not Sega's Super Monkey Ball? Just like little monkey AiAi, you'll hop into a transparent hamster wheel and roll around in this design – though with a goal of squashing the undead instead of collecting bananas.

Mikey Shorts Halloween – (Free)

As a thanks to fans for making the original Mikey Shorts such a success, this new pack of Halloween-themed levels has been made available for free. It's a separate app download, though, not an update – so you can grab this one even if you've never bought Mikey Shorts 1.

Symphonica – ($14.99)

Square Enix is on kind of a music genre kick this year, as after Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy and Demons' Score, here we have Symphonica. Jump in and try its first handful of levels for free, but be prepared to pay the full 15 dollars price to unlock the full game after that.

Clumsy Cat – (Free)

Cats are evil – it's a known fact. So have a little fun playing as one, a feline felon out to wreck as much of his owners' home as possible while they're away from the house.

Price Drops

Corpse Craft – (Free)

Three Rings' wickedly inventive hybrid of a puzzler and an RTS is free right now. Grab it!

Kunundrum – (Free)

Also free right now is Kunundrum, an orb-shifting, color-matching, brain-boggling puzzler.

Trade Mania – (Free)

And for a final freebie for the day, check out Trade Mania – it's similar to Monopoly. Though I do not agree at all with its visual depiction of me. My hair looks nothing like this:

Updates

Mikey Shorts – ($0.99)

Tying into the new Mikey Shorts Halloween app we featured above, there's an update for the original Mikey Shorts that lets you access a dozen new Halloween costumes for Mikey to wear. Nifty!

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Lucas M. Thomas is IGN Nintendo's longtime champion of downloadable titles across the Wii, DSi and 3DS. He's happy to now be helping Justin round up the best options for App Store shoppers. You can follow him on Twitter, @lucasmthomas.